troilism
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈtɹɔɪɨ̞lɪz(ə)m/
troilism (uncountable)
- The practice of two people having sex while a third person watches (and may or may not take part).
- 1981, William H. Gotwald, Gale Holtz Golden, Sexualidad: la experiencia humana, Prentice Hall
- Troilism is primarily a male problem, but one case of a woman who watched her husband have intercourse with a young girl has been reported in the literature (Smith, 1976).
- 2006, Irish University Review:
- These various strands are frequently interwoven in Banville's many glimpses, glancing hints, and full scenes of troilism.
- 2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, Guilford Press (ISBN 9781593856052), page 410:
- Although historically troilism has been conceptualized as a form of voyeurism, [...] in cases of troilism the sexual partners are typically aware that they are being observed.
- 1981, William H. Gotwald, Gale Holtz Golden, Sexualidad: la experiencia humana, Prentice Hall
- The practice of three people having sex, i.e. having threesomes.
- 1972, Penthouse:
- Now if it's true, as I believe, that every woman has a bit of a lesbian streak, or at least curiosity, then it follows that the ideal way to satisfy it is with troilism — making love with two girls and a man. I've tried it myself and I know. ...
Hugh Carleton Greene, portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, on his exasperation at Mary Whitehouse's (Julie Walters) attempts to remove any material deemed mildly offensive from BBC TV: - The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy Pandy, and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Lou - let alone Teddy - lest some child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or would it be bestiality with a teddy bear... rather than a real bear?
- 1972, Penthouse:
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